r/AmIOverreacting • u/MeanderingDragon • Mar 06 '26

💼work/career AIO about this text I got from HR?

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So to preface, I'm Type 1 diabetic, which means I have to take multiple daily insulin injections to live. I typically take 5-8 shots per day, and while it isn't fun, it is routine and necessary.

I was at work this morning and they had a small amount of food out for some sort of 'employee appreciation' which reminded me I hadn't had any insulin yet and my glucose levels were getting too high. I took a shot of insulin, got some breakfast, and went to my desk. A few minutes later, this text arrives.

I can understand that shots make some people uncomfortable. Trust me, I'm one of those people. But I have to take them anyway. Am I overreacting to think that if you don't want to see me talking a shot, you can turn your head? Should I have to go to the bathroom which only gets cleaned twice a week, and take my shots in secret like it's a drug addiction? Perhaps it is just me, but I feel that not everything in life that makes us a little uncomfortable is something that has to be pushed out of sight. Sometimes we would benefit more from understanding, acceptance, and perhaps acclimation.

Also for the record, while they say they "mentioned this several times", our HR manager scolded me once maybe two or three years ago publicly during lunch in our cafeteria. I ignored it that time, because friends sitting around me supported me after HR walked off.

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u/Peopletowner Mar 06 '26

Well, HR, if you wanted to buy me an insulin pump, that might work better for everyone :)

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u/Rashkamere Mar 06 '26

Hah best reply. Then go back after receiving the pump to ask for a clean private space to change out your infusion set.

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u/luxmatic Mar 06 '26

And this is how I, a man, got the key codes for the mother’s rooms at work. I changed my pump infusion sites there. Always enjoyed the rare occasion when I had to explain they aren’t the only one who needed privacy

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u/Rashkamere Mar 06 '26

Did more of them react as angry Karen's or more of a shocked Pikachu face?

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u/luxmatic Mar 06 '26

Both. Some believed it was a sacred place. Always interesting interactions.

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u/PattyRain Mar 06 '26

Plus, make all the supplies cost no more than syringes.